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There used to be a Hartlepool to Whitehaven, then Nunthorpe to Whitehaven and finally Newcastle to Whitehaven but I think those have all stopped now.
I don’t think there’s any XC services to/from north of Newcastle that stop at Weston-Super-Mare. However Aberdeen/Edinburgh/ Berwick to Plymouth/Penzance all pass through Highbridge & Burnham (-on-Sea) which I would say qualifies as West Coast.Its not quite East Coast to West Coast but the Aberdeen to Penzance service (1V60 0820 Aberdeen to Penzance) goes from the East Coast to the South Coast. I would argue that this is the longest "coast to coast" service in the UK.
I don't know diagrams, but I can think of a couple of individual services which see more than one coast.
The 17:13 from Kyle of Lochalsh to Elgin starts on the west coast, and stops at Nairn on the north coast east of Inverness.
The 10:41 from Holyhead to Llanelli starts on the north coast of Holy Island and ends on the south coast of Wales.
I'm just old enough to remember this happeningNo way can Hull be considered to be on the coast.
John Gummer turns Hull into a seaside resort
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- By GEOFFREY LEAN,
- Environment Correspondent
- Sunday 13 November 1994 01:02
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The Independent
HULL has been transformed into a seaside resort at a stroke of John Gummer's pen - to the surprise and anger of its citizens.
The Environment Secretary has performed this bizarre geographical shuffle to enable privatised Yorkshire Water to escape an obligation to build a pounds 200m new sewage works to clean up the city's pollution.
By arbitrarily moving Britain's coastline and declaring more than 30 miles of the River Humber to be open sea, Mr Gummer made it possible for the company to side-step the provisions of a new European directive designed to clean up Europe's worst water pollution blackspots.
That opens a whole can of worms. Lancaster. Gloucester, Newark (Well 8 miles north of), Ulleskelf, York (4,5 miles at Acaster Mabis), Temple Hurst Jct, Truro, Preston, Warrington, Dolgellau.
Given that Inverness has a harbour, I reckon you reach the East coast there, on several services a day....
The 17:13 from Kyle of Lochalsh to Elgin starts on the west coast, and stops at Nairn on the north coast east of Inverness.
None of the South Wales stations are on the coast
Swansea surely? It's not the station that has to be on the coast but the town.
The closest to North Sea - Irish Sea we have is Hull - Liverpool.
Scarborough to Liverpool gets you closer.
I thought about that, then I started worrying about whether the Moray Firth might resemble a river there with all the water which flows into it. Nairn just seemed safer, once I'd checked how far the trains from Kyle go.Given that Inverness has a harbour, I reckon you reach the East coast there, on several services a day.
I haven't seen it myself, but apparently there's also a beach in Llanelli by the north dock. It's supposed to look a bit like this.Swansea surely? It's not the station that has to be on the coast but the town.
River Tyne is tidal up to Wylam.It's a bit iffy to describe Newcastle as coastal really, although the Tyneside connurbation does have coast so it depends what you consider the destination of the service.
Its not quite East Coast to West Coast but the Aberdeen to Penzance service (1V60 0820 Aberdeen to Penzance) goes from the East Coast to the South Coast. I would argue that this is the longest "coast to coast" service in the UK.
A tidal river does not equate to being on the coast.River Tyne is tidal up to Wylam.
I thought about that, then I started worrying about whether the Moray Firth might resemble a river there with all the water which flows into it. Nairn just seemed safer, once I'd checked how far the trains from Kyle go.
I haven't seen it myself, but apparently there's also a beach in Llanelli by the north dock. It's supposed to look a bit like this.